diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index b0ded1f2a06f..659a2e2bad66 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -1381,10 +1381,6 @@ let
       PKG_LIBS = "-L${pkgs.blas}/lib -lblas -L${pkgs.lapack}/lib -llapack";
     });
 
-    spMC = old.spMC.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
-      patches = [ ./patches/spMC.patch ];
-    });
-
     FLAMES = old.FLAMES.overrideAttrs (attrs: {
       patches = [ ./patches/FLAMES.patch ];
     });
diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/spMC.patch b/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/spMC.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 04239d721c07..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/patches/spMC.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Only in spMC_orig: spMC
-diff -ru -x '*~' spMC_orig/src/Makevars spMC/src/Makevars
---- spMC_orig/src/Makevars	2014-09-19 21:23:30.000000000 +0900
-+++ spMC/src/Makevars	2014-10-25 18:14:48.366954769 +0900
-@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
- PKG_CFLAGS=$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS)
--PKG_LIBS=$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
-+PKG_LIBS=$(SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)